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on monday, we'll have the latest on the connecticut shootings. before we go, we want to remind you about the special pbs broadcast tonight, "after newtown". the program will explore gun availability, mental health, and other issues which have come to the fore since the tragedy. gwen will host this collaboration of all our national news and science programs. check your local listings. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online and, as it's looking like the end is not upon us yet, again here monday evening. have a nice winter weekend. thanks for joining us. good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by cont
on monday, we'll have the latest on the connecticut shootings. before we go, we want to remind you about the special pbs broadcast tonight, "after newtown". the program will explore gun availability, mental health, and other issues which have come to the fore since the tragedy. gwen will host this collaboration of all our national news and science programs. check your local listings. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online and, as it's looking...
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latest on the killings, coming ten days after the massacre at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. >> brown: then, we turn to egypt, and accusations of voting fraud in the referendum for a new constitution. we talk with opposition leader mohamed el-baradei. consider a sad day in my view for it is going to institutionalize -- >> ifill: the legal showdown between california health center that discusses marijuana and >> ifill: we have the story of a legal showdown between a california health center that dispenses marijuana and federal authorities. >> just people feel safe coming here. like going to your neighborhood cvs or anywhere else. >> brown: open season in congress look >> brown: seven weeks after election day, there are open seats conress. we look at contests in three senate races. >> ifill: fred de sam lazaro profiles a priest who became a doctor to help haiti's poor and orphaned children. >> brown: and we close with a conversation with the editor of a new anthology of verse: 100 poems written over 100 years. >> it doesn't have poetry. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's
latest on the killings, coming ten days after the massacre at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. >> brown: then, we turn to egypt, and accusations of voting fraud in the referendum for a new constitution. we talk with opposition leader mohamed el-baradei. consider a sad day in my view for it is going to institutionalize -- >> ifill: the legal showdown between california health center that discusses marijuana and >> ifill: we have the story of a legal...
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attacks among renewed gun violence that flared to life after the massacre at sandy hook in newtown, connecticut, ten days ago. on friday, the head of the national rifle association, wayne la pi oerriere called for armed guards in every school. that stance was met with awave of headlines and editorials that lampooned la pierre condemned the nra refusal to give any ground on gun control. but sunday on nbc's "meet the press" he was unrepentant. >> if it's crazy to call for putting police and armed security in our school to protect our children, then call me crazy. i tell what you the american people, i think the american people think it's crazy not to do it. it's the one thing that would keep people safe and the nra is going to try to do that. >> brown: on the same program, new york democrat senator chuck schumer called la pierre tone deaf. >> he blamed everything but guns, movies, the media, president obama, gun-free cool zones, you name it, the video games, he blames them. now, trying to prevent shootings in schools without talking about guns is like trying to prevent lung canger is without talk
attacks among renewed gun violence that flared to life after the massacre at sandy hook in newtown, connecticut, ten days ago. on friday, the head of the national rifle association, wayne la pi oerriere called for armed guards in every school. that stance was met with awave of headlines and editorials that lampooned la pierre condemned the nra refusal to give any ground on gun control. but sunday on nbc's "meet the press" he was unrepentant. >> if it's crazy to call for putting...
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and why it happened in connecticut. i also am a very staunch proponent of looking at our mental health system in this country and started a dressing those concerns as well. during the time that i was attorney general was also the time of columbine, there were a number of school shootings. i served as a chair of a committee that we pulled together within the national association of attorneys general to begin to discuss what we could change and i'm not willing to throw out one solution against other solutions. i think we need to understand this culture. i think we need to understand what happened. n this specific decision that this young man made to do one of the most horrific things that can be done in america and how we're going to prevent that in the future. i'm about results, actually about things that matter and things that can change the dynamic and we need to talk about everything. we need to talk not only about gun laws and xa needs to be examined there but mental health school security, community development that
and why it happened in connecticut. i also am a very staunch proponent of looking at our mental health system in this country and started a dressing those concerns as well. during the time that i was attorney general was also the time of columbine, there were a number of school shootings. i served as a chair of a committee that we pulled together within the national association of attorneys general to begin to discuss what we could change and i'm not willing to throw out one solution against...
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those races are nevada, montana, indiana, wisconsin, virginia, connecticut and massachusetts. susan page is the washington bureau chief for usa today and stu rothenberg is also a columnist for roll call. thank you both for being with us. susan, republicans need to win four morrison at seats if president obama wins re-election to gain the majority. only three if governor romney wins. what are the prospects? >> a year ago we would have said it was good for republicans to take over the senate. they've had one disappointing outcome after another in these states it's a stretch for republicans to take control of the senate. they may gain a seat or two but i think it's unlikely they're going to get to control. >> i generally agree except i do think the senate is still in play. the problem is republicans have to pull the inside straight. there are basically four or five states that democratic states that are competing in. they need to win four of those it's a tall order. it's me likely that the democrats had hold on to the senate than the republicans will win it. but i wouldn't discou
those races are nevada, montana, indiana, wisconsin, virginia, connecticut and massachusetts. susan page is the washington bureau chief for usa today and stu rothenberg is also a columnist for roll call. thank you both for being with us. susan, republicans need to win four morrison at seats if president obama wins re-election to gain the majority. only three if governor romney wins. what are the prospects? >> a year ago we would have said it was good for republicans to take over the...
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even connecticut, you think a lot of connecticut, i don't know, people live there, that's suburban new york in some ways and that should be good for romney. >> woodruff: christina when we hear newt gingrich saying, in fact i heard him say in an interview view he said all four of us are going tush in the same place when we are -- going to be in the same place when we get to tampa. none of us will have the delegates to clinch the nomination, is he right about that. >> is he's partially right it's really all projections. because if you base what has happened and the voters romney has been able to win and percentage to win to collect these delegates. these are proportional states for the most part. the r and c's rules this year basically dollared them out a few of the time. if romney keeps getting a third of the voters he's not quite going to get there or maybe he'll just barely pats at the very end when utah has its primaries. >> >> woodruff: utah. >> yes. but in that sense if the projections hold but there are a few caveats to that. texas, there's a new moll showing santorum has a lead t
even connecticut, you think a lot of connecticut, i don't know, people live there, that's suburban new york in some ways and that should be good for romney. >> woodruff: christina when we hear newt gingrich saying, in fact i heard him say in an interview view he said all four of us are going tush in the same place when we are -- going to be in the same place when we get to tampa. none of us will have the delegates to clinch the nomination, is he right about that. >> is he's...
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. >> i wanted to apply for a state of connecticut job. it's daunting. if you don't get to it in a certain amount of time, it just kicks your resume out. >> reporter: really? you mean there's a time limit? >> yes. sorry. you've taken too long. we're timing you out. start again. >> reporter: did you start again? >> no. (laughing). >> reporter: because you were too annoyed. >> it was 23 pages of stuff that you have to go through. i felt like i need a ph.d. just to get through the application process. >> reporter: joyce hirsch has a ph.d. from cornell and a law deree and ten years' experience as a biotech patent attorney. but credentials don't seem to impress the software. >> i do a lot of networking. i need a lot of other professionals in related fields accounting, finance, regulatory, all kinds of things. there are a huge number of really amazing people out there who are in a similar situation. they can't get past the on-line software. they just can't seem to get an interview. >> reporter: so what's going on? are these frustrated job plican
. >> i wanted to apply for a state of connecticut job. it's daunting. if you don't get to it in a certain amount of time, it just kicks your resume out. >> reporter: really? you mean there's a time limit? >> yes. sorry. you've taken too long. we're timing you out. start again. >> reporter: did you start again? >> no. (laughing). >> reporter: because you were too annoyed. >> it was 23 pages of stuff that you have to go through. i felt like i need a ph.d....
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death penalty opponents marked a victory today in connecticut. the state house voted last night to abolish capital punishment in all future cases. the state senate had already approved the repeal. the bill now heads to the desk of governor daniel malloy, who says he will sign it into law. connecticut would become the 17th u.s. state to end the punishment. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: next tonight, a cease- fire begins in syria. we start our coverage with a report from neil connery of independent television news. >> reporter: the syrian army has not gone away, but since dawn, its guns have largely been silent. these images are said to show the battered city of derah, tanks dug in, but in the absence of gunfire, early signs of people returning to the streets. this is idlib, scene of a ferocious bombardment. the shelling has stopped but the government armor remains. it is a similar picture in homs. this opposition fighter says that all is quiet now, but points down to the tanks and other army vehicles that
death penalty opponents marked a victory today in connecticut. the state house voted last night to abolish capital punishment in all future cases. the state senate had already approved the repeal. the bill now heads to the desk of governor daniel malloy, who says he will sign it into law. connecticut would become the 17th u.s. state to end the punishment. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: next tonight, a cease- fire begins in syria. we start our...
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zeldelaware and new york and connecticut and wisconsin and illinois. that are better romney states. what santorum has achieved is remarkable. written off and ignored and all allof those early debates and contrary to all of the preveiling conventional wisdom he got 49% of the white working women that workout side of the home voltin have votingor him. >> city spit despite the conver. he has the passion and romney has the deep pockets. and he has the enthusiasm. >> i think romney has a much much better chance in the fall. it's hard not to be if i am impd with what sa san santorum is do. >> what reward does he get. >> if he could get beginning bet of theace. gingrich says i define my job as saving the western civilization. >> i hate to remind you of this on this boroug program you saidf gingrich doesn't win he i alabae is going to have to get out. >> now he is saying i want to go to tampa and be a player. that is a hell of a reason to make phone calls and go door-to-door. >> he thinks he can deny romney. it's possible he can. one of the interesting parlor games is what would happen if h
zeldelaware and new york and connecticut and wisconsin and illinois. that are better romney states. what santorum has achieved is remarkable. written off and ignored and all allof those early debates and contrary to all of the preveiling conventional wisdom he got 49% of the white working women that workout side of the home voltin have votingor him. >> city spit despite the conver. he has the passion and romney has the deep pockets. and he has the enthusiasm. >> i think romney has a...
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you've had connecticut, new york, and new jersey all change their teacher evaluation systems this year with the work of teacher unions. what the teach unions have asked for is that teachers are actually being treated fairly. they actually have the tools and conditions they need. what you're seeing is you're seeing a lot of big city mayors resist that because they don't want to spend the money on it. ultimately if we're going to change to have these new standards, which is what roy and i have both championed, so that kids are applying knowledge not just knowing things, we need to have the time to make sure that that gets done right. same with evaluations. you can't just have a press conference and say we now have a new evaluation system. we have to actually make sure we do these things correctly and collaboratively. that's what teacher unions throughout the country are trying to do or at least the teacher unions that i'm involved with are trying to do. >> brown: so why do you still see resistance and why is there that sense? >> the teachers' union in chicago, i don't think has the appro
you've had connecticut, new york, and new jersey all change their teacher evaluation systems this year with the work of teacher unions. what the teach unions have asked for is that teachers are actually being treated fairly. they actually have the tools and conditions they need. what you're seeing is you're seeing a lot of big city mayors resist that because they don't want to spend the money on it. ultimately if we're going to change to have these new standards, which is what roy and i have...
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officials, like connecticut senator joe lieberman, blame the recent uptick of attacks on iran and its elite security force. he spoke last month on c-span. >> i think this was done by iran and the quds force which has its n deloped cyber tack capacity and i believe it was a response to the increasingly strong economic sanctions that the united states and our european allies have put on iranian financial institutions. >> warner: also blamed on iran-- recent hits on saudi arabia's state oil company aramco and qatar's natural gas producer rasgas that disabled 30,000 computers entirely. and defense secretary leon panetta warned last week that the threat to america's vital infrastructure throughout is rising. >> the collective result of these kinds of attacks could be a cyber pearl harbor; an attack that would cause physical destruction and the loss of life. >> warner: iran denied any role. but panetta said the u.s. military stands ready to respond or even pre-empt destructive attacks. in fact, it's been widely reported that the u.s. and israel disrupted iran's nuclear program with a comput
officials, like connecticut senator joe lieberman, blame the recent uptick of attacks on iran and its elite security force. he spoke last month on c-span. >> i think this was done by iran and the quds force which has its n deloped cyber tack capacity and i believe it was a response to the increasingly strong economic sanctions that the united states and our european allies have put on iranian financial institutions. >> warner: also blamed on iran-- recent hits on saudi arabia's...
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the highest performance in america is massachusetts, connecticut and new jersey. these are three states that are all union states. they have very strong collective bargaining agreements. and the highest performing states. the weakest performance are in states with no collective bargaining and where there's a lot of poverty. i think it's really important in your discussions about education that you recognize that the most... the biggest single correlate and very likely i would say the cause of low performance is not teachers or union contracts. it's poverty and racial isolation. in every district where there is very low academic achievement, there is poverty and racial isolation. yet we are now trapped in this national conversation where there's almost an agreement we will not talk about poverty. we will not talk about racial isolation. we'll just talk about teachers. we are talking about the wrong problem. >> suarez: you got a lot of attention when you wrote an article reassessing some of the educational policies you had supported before. like no child left behind
the highest performance in america is massachusetts, connecticut and new jersey. these are three states that are all union states. they have very strong collective bargaining agreements. and the highest performing states. the weakest performance are in states with no collective bargaining and where there's a lot of poverty. i think it's really important in your discussions about education that you recognize that the most... the biggest single correlate and very likely i would say the cause of...